Many whisky companies have shown that ‘two can play at that game’, and warned that if Scotland remained part of the UK they may be forced to put their prices up for customers south of the border.

So far many companies have said Scots face price hikes if they gain independence however the distilleries have said a ‘no’ vote would force them to show they could ‘act like petulant twats as well’.

A spokesman for the group of distilleries said: “Like many of the banks and supermarkets who are promising to move their already London-based head offices south, their recycling bins to Yorkshire, or put their prices up in Scotland, the economic reasons are pretty flimsy.

“We are just doing it to send an important message to our many customers in Westminster, with that message being ‘f*ck ’em, we can act like childish twats, too’.”